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Senate advances bill to fund grants helping farms comply with EPA animal‑feeding permits
Summary
Senate Bill 66 authorizes limited grants through the Department of Agriculture to help animal‑feeding operations develop or implement EPA‑required nutrient‑management plans; sponsors framed it as protecting watersheds while easing regulatory burden on farmers; passage to third reading was 25–1.
Senate Bill 66, presented by Senator Blackham, would authorize the Department of Agriculture to make grants to help animal‑feeding operations develop or implement plans required by forthcoming EPA permitting. Sponsors said the measure is intended to protect watersheds through technical assistance rather than punitive enforcement and to reduce the economic shock to agricultural producers.
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